STANLY DD 478

Ship Name and Designation History

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Fletcher Class Destroyer Keel Laid 15 September 1941 - Launched 2 May 1942 USS STANLY DD-478 Commissioned 15 October 1942 - Decommissioned 15 January 1947 Struck from Naval Register 1 December 1970 Sold 16 December 1971 and broken up for scrap.

Rear Admiral Fabius M. Stanly, USN

 

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1. USS Stanly DD-478 Covers Page 1     (1941-1943)

 

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z*

1943-12-01

Censored sailors mail

 

Locy Type 3z

1942-10-20

Censored sailors mail.

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-07-09

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Other Information

USS STANLY earned the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 9 Battle stars) and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Fabius Maximus Stanly, USN (15 December 1815 - 5 December 1882)
Stanly was born in New Berne, N.C. and was appointed midshipman on 20 December 1831. He was promoted to lieutenant on 8 September 1841. During the Mexican War, he was assigned to the Pacific Squadron and participated in the capture of California and the defense of San Francisco. He also took part in several land raids and, on one occasion, led a party of 30 bluejackets on a cannon-spiking raid in the midst of 1,500 enemy troops. He completed his mission successfully, returning to the boats with all his wounded and some prisoners to boot. Stanly commanded the store ship USS Warren (1852–53), a store ship at San Francisco (1855), the Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif. (1856), and the store ship USS Supply in the Paraguay expedition (1858–59). In 1860 he commanded the steamer USS Wyandotte at Key West, Fla., and cooperated with Captain of Engineers Montgomery Meigs to prevent the capture of Fort Taylor by the Secessionists. The James Buchanan administration relieved him from command for his excessive zeal and sent him to the receiving ship USS Independence at Mare Island Navy Yard. On 19 May 1861 he was promoted to commander, and in 1862–64 he was placed in charge of the steamer USS Narragansett of the Pacific Squadron, guarding mail steamers between San Francisco and Panama. He received the State Department's thanks for his diplomatic services on the Mexican coast. In 1864 he was on ordnance duty with the Mississippi Squadron and was given command of USS State of Georgia and cruised off the coast of South Carolina for the duration of the war. Stanly was commissioned captain on 25 July 1866, commodore on 1 July 1870, and rear admiral on 12 February 1874. He was retired from the Navy on 4 June 1874 and died in Washington, D.C.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley Boss.

 

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